The Recording Academy will present a special tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne during Sunday’s Grammy Awards ceremony. Post Malone will join Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and producer Andrew Watt for the performance. Grammy-winning producer Watt worked on Osbourne’s final two albums, 2020’s Ordinary Man – which featured collaborations with Slash, McKagan, Smith, and Malone – and 2022’s Patient Number 9, which also included contributions from McKagan and Smith. Malone first partnered with Ozzy and Travis Scott on his Hot 100 Top 10 hit single, “Take What You Want,” which was featured on his 2019 album, Hollywood’s Bleeding. The show also features a memorial performance by Lauryn Hill honoring Roberta Flack and D’Angelo, while Reba McEntire, Brandy Clark, and Lukas Nelson will pay tribute to music industry members who died in the past year. The 2026 Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS this Sunday (Feb. 1st) at 8 p.m. ET. (Consequence of Sound)
On Wednesday (Jan. 28), Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song responding to the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis. “I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,” Springsteen stated. The song is “dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.” The song title echoes Springsteen’s 1994 Oscar-winning “Streets of Philadelphia,” with the track marking the 76-year-old rock icon’s fastest musical response to a news event in his distinguished career.
Meanwhile, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello just announced the Concert of Solidarity & Resistance to Defend Minnesota on Friday (Jan. 30) at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Tickets are $25, and all proceeds from the show will benefit the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. “We are coming to Minneapolis where the people have heroically stood up against ICE, stood up against Trump, stood up against this terrible rising tide of state terror. Where the people have stood up for their neighbors and themselves, for democracy and justice,” Morello wrote on Instagram. The all-ages event also features Rise Against, Al Di Meola, and Ike Reilly, plus unannounced special guests, with tickets available through AXS. (Rolling Stone)
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan explained why he avoids performing certain early songs from the band during a recent appearance on Steve-O‘s Wilde Ride! podcast. “There’s some old Tool songs that I don’t like playing because I feel like I failed them,” Keenan said, while adding, “They’re popular songs, but I was trying to make a joke, and it was a dumb joke, and I should’ve just moved on… I feel like the lyrics don’t hold up under scrutiny.” He specifically cited “4°” from Tool’s 1993 debut album Undertow as an example. “The way I wrote it… I was trying to make a sex joke and it was dumb. The song’s beautiful, what those guys did musically is great and I think maybe the melody’s a good melody but the words are just dumb. I don’t know what the f**k I was thinking.” (Consequence of Sound)
The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers will co-headline The Southern Hospitality Tour, starting May 17 in Austin, Texas, and concluding on August 20 in Mountain View, California. The jaunt will hit over 40 cities throughout the summer, with notable dates including Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on May 21, New York City’s Forest Hills Stadium on June 13, and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on August 17. Southall will serve as the opening act for the entire tour. “This summer we’ll be on the road with @theblackcrowes and @southallofficial on The Southern Hospitality Tour,” Whiskey Myers posted on Instagram. “The Black Crowes were a big influence early on for us because they did it their own way. Needless to say this tour will be special and we can’t wait to see y’all out there.” Pre-sale begins Tuesday (Feb. 3), with a general on-sale starting Friday (Feb. 6). (Billboard)
A Kia Center employee believes that Ghost has cursed the Orlando Magic after the Swedish rock band performed at the arena on January 21. The Magic have remained winless since the concert, losing their home game the following night to Charlotte 124-97, before getting beat by double digits in two straight games against Cleveland. In a since-deleted Reddit post titled “Kia Center Needs Holy Water,” the employee wrote: “So I work at Kia. The night before we got blown out by Charlotte there was a concert there by this rock band called Ghost & I’m not even exaggerating super satanic vibes.” The employee described “devil imagery, stained-glass church setup, chanting ‘Lucifer,’ all types of weird s**t I’m not into at all.” The worker goes on to admit, “I was mad as hell I was forced to sit through that,” while theorizing “whatever energy they left in the building carried over into the game.” (Consequence of Sound)